MillionMileSprinter
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I was doing this mod on a friend's sprinter and figured i would take some more photos of the fob dissasembly. One is of the fob compared to the new key. Notice the black tape holding the fob together-its seen better days! In another photo you can see the way the chip is held in place with the white plastic piece. On some fobs the chip is glued in. On others the white piece holds it in place. If you carefully dissasemble the fob, remove the chip and then reassemble the fob, it still functions normally. You just now have the option of making your own spare keys, sans fob (as long as you followed the instructions in the first post of this thread).
Edit- Daveisdave made a good point that I forgot to mention- on *some* sprinters (like Daveisdave's) you will need to file down the part of the new key you hold with your thumb and finger. For some reason, the key won't seat deep enough in the ignition. I don't have a photo of any of the keys I've had to file down, but you can see on the original key that the flat shaft between the black fob and the cut part is a slight bit longer than the flat part on the new key. I'll try to find someone who I have had to file down their key and post a photo of it.
Edit- Daveisdave made a good point that I forgot to mention- on *some* sprinters (like Daveisdave's) you will need to file down the part of the new key you hold with your thumb and finger. For some reason, the key won't seat deep enough in the ignition. I don't have a photo of any of the keys I've had to file down, but you can see on the original key that the flat shaft between the black fob and the cut part is a slight bit longer than the flat part on the new key. I'll try to find someone who I have had to file down their key and post a photo of it.
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